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Artifacts

Canon, Canon, Canon will be my watchword, once again encompassing as much of Tolkien as possible, and as little of "other" also as possible.

Randarts

No Randarts. Simple enough? Randarts comprise (for mine) one of the great imbalances of currently implemented ToME. Triple Brand or Immunity weapons and armour provide endgame equipment from a fairly early point (yes, the RNG will often "balance it up"). To compensate, normal artifacts will be substantially powered up, if made slightly rarer. There will also be more egos, and more mixing of egos.

Sentient Weapons

Very few of these. The *thancs will be returned to non-levelling. Ringil will probably be given the flag, as will Biter and Beater (Glamdring and Orcrist) and Anduril. These are LEGENDARY weapons, and should be privileged accordingly. If possible, I'll also limit levelling to increasing existing abilities and increasing damage.

e.g. stat gain could increase +1 per 5 weapon levels, Resists could be +1 per level (which could push some, at high levels, into immunity or better), FREE_ACTION could become flight or extra speed, etc.